Dhaka April 21, 2025, 4:55 pm
Bangladesh received nearly $13 billion in remittances during the July to December period of the current fiscal, which is also the highest ever recorded for the period
Revenue collection must be raised to meet the huge expenses in the New Year thanks to unusual spending including the purchase of vaccines in the health sector to tame the rogue COVID-19 pandemic
The allocation will be 17.04 percent of the fiscal budget or 2.84 percent of the GDP
*Govt implementing stimulus packages worth Tk 1.21 trillion *55pc stimulus packages implemented so far *Stimulus deals make up 4.34pc of GDP
The yield rates of the government's different savings certificates are attractive. So, savers are investing more in these schemes
The BGMEA leader sees a number of challenges that lie ahead for the sector, in the new year of 2021
The country has done impressively well in avoiding a food crisis during the pandemic. Food production and supply chain were very good that helped avoid the price volatility of essential commodities
The finance ministry is going to propose a huge budget of Tk six lakh crore for the next fiscal
Economists are hopeful that 2021 will be the year to turn things around. Employment generation, revenue collection and increasing investment would be the main avenues through which the economic rebound has to be channelled
The forex reserve rose to $43.17 billion on the day, setting a new record, from $42.82 billion of the previous working day
Access to electricity in rural areas is a prerequisite to improved quality of life, enhanced economic activities, industrial and agriculture productivity, essential services, such as health care, and education
The plan will be implemented between July 2020 and June 2025
In the last financial year, the country's export earnings suffered a whopping 17% negative growth, despite the government lowering the target than that of the previous fiscal for the first time since 1971
The country will be the 34th largest economy in the world by 2025 continuing to be the 2nd in South Asia
Through AFD, the French Government is financing 167M€ of water projects in Bangladesh, which will supply an additional 950,000 m3 of drinking water to Dhaka
From now on, this committee will take policy decisions with regard to implementation of the Indian LoC project
Despite the huge popularity of mobile financial services over the last decade, different MFS providers are still charging customers at different rates
The government has taken various steps to boost the production of rice during the upcoming Boro season in a bid to recoup crop losses of the current Aman season and increase the stock of the staple
The country’s forex reserves have crossed a milestone of $42 billion, the highest ever in the country’s history riding on a steady remittance inflow and sluggish imports
Bangladesh will keep growing beyond Covid-19 and its geographical and strategic location will play more important role in integrating the market and supply chain in Asia and beyond